Okay, the moment when W can't even make a good doodle of a flower really tugged at my heart. Just like with her "terrible handwriting" in Wiš'adel on-boarding quote, nobody ever taught her anything that doesn't involve killing.
the whole piece is about the curse of the sarcaz and all of them were doomed from the start, the father, the daughter, W, all behave the same. the fact that theresa gave amiya the crown a non-sarcaz. she did it because the sarcaz cannot save themselves.
@@Cater546 if you mean the first part of the video, song name is 'lost kid' by the either, tho sadly the song cant be find anywhere on youtube and you had to find it on bili
FINALLY THEY POSTED IT! Still got the chills watching this animation like when it first showed on CN stream. Now after reading Babel and Ch14, it made me understand more of W frustrations at the time of Her Highness death. This animation really amplified the feelings i got reading the story. I really wish they do more animation like this for key points of the story, cause the visualization really give extra impact after reading the story
It's conflicting, one time it's trying to make you sympathize with her but also at the same time alot of the people she killed was implied to have children that was orphaned like her and because of her
@@laudza This will surely give people hype and inspiration/sympathy if they have already played and read the story Now is much more the correct time. We can see that the event is just not as dead as other dead week with just 2 days of playing
@@gaswe9236 Nah, he has a point, imagine if Arknights well diverse extended to.. *looks at western games made by woke developers that flopped so hard they lost millions of dollars* obese black women in wheel chair fetish™, characters absolutely lacking in any beauty quality to 'represent' ugly people,.. And handsome European white male. Yeah there's a gacha game made in the west and these are the characters in the game, nobody plays it of course.
This one happens between Babel and the later parts of Darknight Memoirs. By the time W meets Hoederer and Ines again in Chernobog, she's changed drastically since they last met in Babel...
I hardly know any good 3D anime and this mobile game takes the cake for best I've ever seen. For all the 3D PVs we get, I lowkey wish the anime could've been 3D too, but that's probs make it hella more expensive.
@@QuantumCuttlefish even the "biggest" gacha mobile gacha game FGO hasn't done anything to this level yet, the most they've done with 3d are the game spinoffs
Boom! Is pretty much her default modus operandi. Just look at her throwing explosives everywhere in chapter 14. Whereas this is her wanting to do it personally to get some sort of closure after Theresa’s death.
The one thing I love about the traditions of the Sarkaz, is that even with all their arts and abilities, they hold on their tags and Daggers in the highest regard and fight with them more, only using arts to hinder each other. Their name and the weapon holds their legacies. And when they die, another can take their place and their responsibilities.
god im sorry but i really love this PV so much. the mercenary was like a parallel to theresa, doing anything what it takes to at least give a good future for the people they love a chance. at the end of the day, all of sarkaz live at the desperation of a good future, but with it comes a seemingly never ending cycle of violence
Ehh, not really. They all played a part to have Theresa assassinated. And chose to follow her evil brother Theresis. And this happened, because they could not stand Babel members being other races. She opened up her arms and showed them the way that's outside of violence. And instead, they killed her Doctors, operators, and other crew, because they're not Sarkaz. Eventually forcing Theresa to relocate her base out of Kazdel. And eventually having her killed. Just so they can act in vengeance to the Rest of Terra. And they assumed like MORONs that with Theresa's death. The Civil war between Sarkaz's will end. Not realizing the hornets nest they stirred!!! Like the video Getting Hunted down by Wis'adel, and also by Sweep units like Ascalon.(not in video) In the end. They chose it. What's sad for the last victim of Wis'adel. As you witness. He clearly regretted it due to the fact he went AWOL with the Military Commission. By trying to flee to a nomadic city with his daughter.
@jamessilva1259 hahaha yes that's a point but it's the video's motifs im mainly talking about-the contrast of two guardians taking care of a child, one embodies love and nurture while one does everything to keep his daughter alive amidst the bloodshed. But in reality, they fit the same two molds of their contrast. But seriously I'm just being way too sappy with this vid 😭🙏
@@jamessilva1259 "Hatred" is not something that you can magically put it down when somebody randomly came to your door and single-sidedly told you to put it down. Are you willing to let people from another country which constantly stand on the opposite side of yours (or more specifically, constantly at war with yours) to rule over your country?
@@jamessilva1259 Hatred is not one of those things that you can put it down just because some strangers came to your door and then single-sidedly told you to put it down while your house is still in the ruin. Your choice is not your choice when there is only one option available.
@@jamessilva1259 Those mercs didn't choose to get involved in the assassination because they support Theresis, but because they were simply too ignorant to think about any consequences of their actions, too desperate to escape the Kazdale, and too naively to believe that they can let the girl to have a better life by simply moving her to somewhere other else, which is why W told the last merc by the end of the animation: "You won't reach it, much less her.".
I love the artstyle in these animations and Endfield, how they use dark contrast instead of like a lot of games that are super bright and colorfull to the point where it hurts my eyes sometimes.
Love how W tries to draw w crayons only to find that it's not for her, nonetheless she still picks it up again and draws as hinted in the post credit scenes with doodles. Very cute child mercenary.
The last little girl couldn't even lift the knife that an adult could use with ease. The earlier shout from W was because she suddenly realized that the 'something' this group of mercenaries was escorting was that little girl. The crayon box fell to the ground, but the little girl still held onto a crayon when she left, instead of a weapon. For this group of mercenaries who participated in the assassination of Tretia and acted as peripheral support, their motives and purposes might be as random as luck. It could be just to protect this little girl, or it could be just for the way out for the Sarkaz. - At this point, things became too ironic. This group of people committed the crime of assassinating (even if just in support of) Tretia, but their final decision was to send the little girl, whom they regarded as hope, out of Kazdel. But for W, their actions erased her hope. The little girl might be able to escape, perhaps she could have a new life... but what about Tretia? What about her who followed Tretia? You take away my hope, and I take away yours. But in the end- the little girl, who could have chosen to leave all this behind alone, chose to turn back. She dropped the crayon in her hand and picked up the heavy blade. At that moment, W's expression changed to shock, but also to a tragic relief. Even if she returned to this familiar chain of hatred, the little girl did not choose to truly use the lives of others as stepping stones to escape all this. Even though that was exactly what others wanted to do, a noble yet personal sacrifice- she refused to do so. Just as W sought revenge for Tretia, this little girl also chose to return to this chain for those who wanted her to walk a different future. Responsible, yet lacking meaning from a profit calculation perspective- but she still chose this. - This is truly a scene filled with both despair and hope. comment from cn
The moment they sacrificed themselves for her, it ceased being a choice or option. It became her duty, responsibility to shoulder not to waste the lives that died for her. Now she must live at all costs, not for her but for the ones who died for her. Living on is harder than giving in to impulsive emotions and then die after for sweet release.
@@Ha_Anh9999 It's implied in video she turned back for her papa, witnessed his death and picked his dagger to try to avenge him consumed by sorrow just for W to end her life as well. All the trouble the whole gang went through poof. Well her sarkaz blood talking I guess.
darknights memoirs was the first intermezzi featuring W, and after 4 years we've come full circle. i finally noticed the love of the writers and production team for her. absolutely no hate to that, i hope u make theresis explode, wisadel!
- see the child in 13:55 - suddenly remember something in Rewinding Breeze - Recollection - the precise dialog went like this : Mudrock : ...Do me a favor. Leithanian Infected : What are...? Are these someone's bones? Sarkaz remains? Sarkaz Warrior : They were small... Probably a child. Sarkaz Warrior : Here. It's a broken knife. Rusted. This child might've died in battle. Leithanian Infected : ...... Mudrock : Mm... help me bury them, at least. Leithanian Infected : You could use your Arts to... Mudrock : I want... to do it with my own hands. Mudrock : So lend yours too. Leithanian Infected : Ah. Okay... - I hope she's NOT the same child The theory source was from Facebook's user name Doremy, he post his theory in "Re:Arknights Indonesia" group in Facebook
The first 3D animation PV equivalent to the Near Light Event Teaser. It has a good story, good osts, military knife fights, and summarizes the world of Arknights. Like the Nearlight PV, it has a good story, a good osts , sword and archery martial art, and describes the world of Arknights. Sarkaz is about revenge. Kazimier about discrimination. It was a pleasure watching these two masterpieces.
god damn how is it possible to keep upping yourself with such incredible consistency. this is ABSOLUTE CINEMA. srsly arknights is incredibly fun but I feel like your potential at storytelling is so much more than a TD gatcha game. this pairs so well with chapter 14 and the babel event. hope this incredible streak continues with future content.
Most people thinks W was gonna kill that girl off lol but I interprete her scoff at the end in 2 ways: First is, she saw herself in that girl holding the knife as W had taken a life from an early age. Second is, we all know the meaning of inheriting a dagger from the fallen; to carry on their name and legacy. But in this case, it shows us that none of the Sarkaz can escape from the cycle of hatred and violence.
@@Skeke That!! That is why I love this ost specifically. Music with vocals like that just itches a nice part in my brain. And that's also why Under Tides hit me more mentally than any other OST
I finally watched the CN livestream's video first before coming straight here after 6 months and man do these 15 minutes hit HARD. Her memories messing with her mind and her frustrations of why and how she lost her light out of her eternal darkness as a mercenary, as well as the mere fact she couldn't draw a flower anymore. And after reading Babel there is only one who is at fault for her death Wis'adel's emotions and understanding how she lost a mother are amplified so many times more! I've been saying it for 4 years now but Arknights since Chapter 5-6 onwards is and always remains at the peak of gacha games and story-writing for me. I can't wait for Endfield, here's to another 10 years Arknights~
I got into Arknights as a joke a week ago, but I have no regrets anymore. Everything is beautiful… the lore, characters, animations and art. Simply perfect.
That was pretty cool! Loved they didn't shy away with the blood, it really nails the darker atmosphere. Hope we see more in future animations (where relevant of course)
Wisadel really saw Theresa as a sort of parent figure, she's even juxtaposed with Amiya alot of times, she sees herself in Amiya. the way the white flowers symbolized their innocence and Theresa's vision contrasts all the violence in this one. the scenery, music direction the fight scenes are just all too good, 100/10 animation, they deserve some sort of international award for this. RIP to the caster Sarkaz dad, his daughter didn't deserve this, Wisadel was such a villain in that scene
It was implied that his daughter survived and went on to become a merc. It drew the parallel with when W picked up the old W's dagger and got her new name: W, took on W's mantle and became the new owner of the dagger. According to the old ways, when you pick up a fallen merc's weapons, you take their place. (...that was a lot of W's)
Stop being soft heart to enemy, daughter can grow up to find revenge and cause a lot of damage in the future, more blood spill. So it has to end her before she will cause in the future when she grew up.
@@animelife1531 "she can grow up and try to revenge her father" is not even a reason for W to kill that girl. I bet she would find it more thrilling to let her try.
Insane attention to details in the video, like 11:13 when the mercenary was falling down he was about to give up on life, they all feel guilty for betraying their 'king' but they did it because they thought it would end the civil war... that is until Wis'adel mentioned his daughter, he pushed for more until the infection won at 12:45... It's so sad seeing Wis'adel also using her arts without a 'tool' meaning she doesn't care about the infection spreading for herself anymore, she was on a suicidal mission to avenge Theresa... Anyone has any idea who is that old man walking with a cane? I tried looking it up but got nothing... also one of the things confusing me happened early in the game, when W met Amiya for the first time they both didn't know each other? Did they never meet? What are these memories of Theresa patting Amiya then? I'm not sure how much they retconned but this animation turned out a masterpiece.
This one the best animation that HG ever done. I hope they can do for Lone Trail animation as well like this. I as player will try my best to support the game so they can make this animation in the future 🤗
I watched it first 6 months ago and it blew my mind. The animation, combat and W's single-minded pursuit of revenge creating another like her. Its the best animation the released so far. I do wish they showed more of Theresa and W interacting rather than Theresa nurturing Amiya
7 Palabras: E S E N C I A Fuera de bromas, este es de los pocos estudios de juegos, tanto Yostar como Hypergryph han estado haciendo un gran trabajo y solo han mejoran con los años. P.D.: Espero con ansias la salida de Endfield
The soundtrack from 06:29 onwards surely gives me Kevin Penkins vibes...but I couldn't quite find the credits for this.....can anyone check and verify this?
Someone plz tell me how the heck does W arts work cuz it seems like she just detonate any object within her radius 💀 Also she seems to have some blast resistance from her own blasts or any blast in general cuz if we’re being real here and no magic bs She should be in pieces by now cuz of the amount of time she just crazy shizz like this 10:13
Rocks are naturally infused with Originium, therefore even pebbles can become catalysts for Originium arts. Most terrans use wands/staffs cuz it's more effective but casting arts without one is hard, and even harder to create potent explosions like shown in the animation As for her durability overall, she's a Sarkaz, they are built to tank arts as much as they can dish out. Remember the Sarkaz Grudgebearers use the crystals growing within their bodies to complete their mission
I think it's left to interpretation by the viewer. I don't even think the writers of this short made a definitive answer to whether she did or didn't. Which I love because we can make arguments for either possibility. Just great writing overall with very little spoken dialogue.
According to the Sarkaz old ways, when you pick up a fallen merc's weapons, you take their place. It drew parallels with when W picked up the old W's dagger. It's why the video is called "The Daggers' Inheritors"
@@Pramit2000 I think she die, she choose to pick the dagger instead running away. Also this is W before meeting hoader and ines again so the chance for her to let it go for fun is abyssmall.
Probably one of the coolest animations Hypergryph has released
Easily.
The Best
For me, it's not just Hypergryph. It's the best. The graphics, animation, voice acting, and music.
the best for me,
It has a good story, military knife fights, and summarizes the world of Arknights.
A tour de force for GravityWell indeed
Okay, the moment when W can't even make a good doodle of a flower really tugged at my heart.
Just like with her "terrible handwriting" in Wiš'adel on-boarding quote, nobody ever taught her anything that doesn't involve killing.
the whole piece is about the curse of the sarcaz and all of them were doomed from the start, the father, the daughter, W, all behave the same.
the fact that theresa gave amiya the crown a non-sarcaz. she did it because the sarcaz cannot save themselves.
Doctor taught her flirting, that's canon.
@@burpium1767 imma need the source there bud
@@chill4r585 same
well someone at least showed her how to peel potatos
I really like how HG continuously improve in all areas. Not just animation, but sound design too.
Everyone's been talking about how amazing the animation is, but can we talk about how phenomenal the sound design and soundtracks are?
Is there any name to the ost used? Beside her theme in the end that is...
@@Cater546 if you mean the first part of the video, song name is 'lost kid' by the either, tho sadly the song cant be find anywhere on youtube and you had to find it on bili
@Reiuji_Utsuho666 thank you pioneer for your services...
The only thing missing is 4K resolution. RUclips lowers the bitrate on darker 1080p videos unfortunately.
@Reiuji_Utsuho666 actually, I wasn't able to find it through bilibili's website, do you have a link or anything?
Man, this little mobile game became something so special to me. I'm so glad I checked out where that white hair wolf girl came from four years ago.
Real bro
@@bruv4178you mean when the LuPo LAnDed?
For me it was the black haired one
@@Pappalardium texas?
FINALLY THEY POSTED IT!
Still got the chills watching this animation like when it first showed on CN stream. Now after reading Babel and Ch14, it made me understand more of W frustrations at the time of Her Highness death. This animation really amplified the feelings i got reading the story.
I really wish they do more animation like this for key points of the story, cause the visualization really give extra impact after reading the story
It's weird Yostar didn't upload this right after JP stream like what HG did on CN server
This animation probably could push their sales
It's conflicting, one time it's trying to make you sympathize with her but also at the same time alot of the people she killed was implied to have children that was orphaned like her and because of her
@@f.b.lagent1113 "Conflicting" is the right word when talking about the current situation of the Sarkaz.
Yup@@f.b.lagent1113
@@laudza This will surely give people hype and inspiration/sympathy if they have already played and read the story
Now is much more the correct time. We can see that the event is just not as dead as other dead week with just 2 days of playing
I love how they don't censor the gruesomely violent dark scenes.
I wish the Anime had this kind of animation
I don't think they can do much with the CN censors. A shame.
@@kkkkkkk6668 LMAOOO you clearly have to be joking
@@gaswe9236 Nah, he has a point, imagine if Arknights well diverse extended to.. *looks at western games made by woke developers that flopped so hard they lost millions of dollars* obese black women in wheel chair fetish™, characters absolutely lacking in any beauty quality to 'represent' ugly people,.. And handsome European white male.
Yeah there's a gacha game made in the west and these are the characters in the game, nobody plays it of course.
@@kkkkkkk6668 Your wrong it's the China censorship stopping them
@@gaswe9236the "anti-woke" grifters gotta grift lol
This one happens between Babel and the later parts of Darknight Memoirs.
By the time W meets Hoederer and Ines again in Chernobog, she's changed drastically since they last met in Babel...
memorable quote from W
"Little shit ears blocking Theresa.."
What are you doing here get back to guardian tales guardian
Arknights proves that the anime style absolutely can work in 3D animation
Long proven since FF VII animation.
@kyiwintun8797 FF VII was already a 3D game though. I'm talking about adapting 2D to 3D
I hardly know any good 3D anime and this mobile game takes the cake for best I've ever seen. For all the 3D PVs we get, I lowkey wish the anime could've been 3D too, but that's probs make it hella more expensive.
@@QuantumCuttlefish even the "biggest" gacha mobile gacha game FGO hasn't done anything to this level yet, the most they've done with 3d are the game spinoffs
W as an operator: *deploy sfx* boom!
W in lore:
Boom! Is pretty much her default modus operandi. Just look at her throwing explosives everywhere in chapter 14.
Whereas this is her wanting to do it personally to get some sort of closure after Theresa’s death.
The one thing I love about the traditions of the Sarkaz, is that even with all their arts and abilities, they hold on their tags and Daggers in the highest regard and fight with them more, only using arts to hinder each other. Their name and the weapon holds their legacies.
And when they die, another can take their place and their responsibilities.
you understand what it means to take up the weapons of the fallen, yes?
Do you know what it means to take up the blade of a fallen Sarkaz?
😭😭😭 SHES JUST A KID!!!
god im sorry but i really love this PV so much. the mercenary was like a parallel to theresa, doing anything what it takes to at least give a good future for the people they love a chance. at the end of the day, all of sarkaz live at the desperation of a good future, but with it comes a seemingly never ending cycle of violence
Ehh, not really. They all played a part to have Theresa assassinated. And chose to follow her evil brother Theresis.
And this happened, because they could not stand Babel members being other races. She opened up her arms and showed them the way that's outside of violence.
And instead, they killed her Doctors, operators, and other crew, because they're not Sarkaz. Eventually forcing Theresa to relocate her base out of Kazdel. And eventually having her killed. Just so they can act in vengeance to the Rest of Terra.
And they assumed like MORONs that with Theresa's death. The Civil war between Sarkaz's will end. Not realizing the hornets nest they stirred!!! Like the video Getting Hunted down by Wis'adel, and also by Sweep units like Ascalon.(not in video)
In the end. They chose it.
What's sad for the last victim of Wis'adel. As you witness. He clearly regretted it due to the fact he went AWOL with the Military Commission. By trying to flee to a nomadic city with his daughter.
@jamessilva1259 hahaha yes that's a point but it's the video's motifs im mainly talking about-the contrast of two guardians taking care of a child, one embodies love and nurture while one does everything to keep his daughter alive amidst the bloodshed. But in reality, they fit the same two molds of their contrast. But seriously I'm just being way too sappy with this vid 😭🙏
@@jamessilva1259 "Hatred" is not something that you can magically put it down when somebody randomly came to your door and single-sidedly told you to put it down. Are you willing to let people from another country which constantly stand on the opposite side of yours (or more specifically, constantly at war with yours) to rule over your country?
@@jamessilva1259 Hatred is not one of those things that you can put it down just because some strangers came to your door and then single-sidedly told you to put it down while your house is still in the ruin. Your choice is not your choice when there is only one option available.
@@jamessilva1259 Those mercs didn't choose to get involved in the assassination because they support Theresis, but because they were simply too ignorant to think about any consequences of their actions, too desperate to escape the Kazdale, and too naively to believe that they can let the girl to have a better life by simply moving her to somewhere other else, which is why W told the last merc by the end of the animation: "You won't reach it, much less her.".
Even in 3D CG animation, I love how they still keep that painterly texture.
I love the artstyle in these animations and Endfield, how they use dark contrast instead of like a lot of games that are super bright and colorfull to the point where it hurts my eyes sometimes.
Love how W tries to draw w crayons only to find that it's not for her, nonetheless she still picks it up again and draws as hinted in the post credit scenes with doodles.
Very cute child mercenary.
Now remember that we saw where she got that crayon from.
This is where our gacha money goes to!
So proud.
yesire
At least they didn't waste my monthly cards :D
The last little girl couldn't even lift the knife that an adult could use with ease. The earlier shout from W was because she suddenly realized that the 'something' this group of mercenaries was escorting was that little girl. The crayon box fell to the ground, but the little girl still held onto a crayon when she left, instead of a weapon. For this group of mercenaries who participated in the assassination of Tretia and acted as peripheral support, their motives and purposes might be as random as luck. It could be just to protect this little girl, or it could be just for the way out for the Sarkaz.
- At this point, things became too ironic. This group of people committed the crime of assassinating (even if just in support of) Tretia, but their final decision was to send the little girl, whom they regarded as hope, out of Kazdel.
But for W, their actions erased her hope. The little girl might be able to escape, perhaps she could have a new life... but what about Tretia? What about her who followed Tretia? You take away my hope, and I take away yours.
But in the end- the little girl, who could have chosen to leave all this behind alone, chose to turn back. She dropped the crayon in her hand and picked up the heavy blade.
At that moment, W's expression changed to shock, but also to a tragic relief.
Even if she returned to this familiar chain of hatred, the little girl did not choose to truly use the lives of others as stepping stones to escape all this. Even though that was exactly what others wanted to do, a noble yet personal sacrifice- she refused to do so.
Just as W sought revenge for Tretia, this little girl also chose to return to this chain for those who wanted her to walk a different future. Responsible, yet lacking meaning from a profit calculation perspective- but she still chose this.
- This is truly a scene filled with both despair and hope.
comment from cn
The moment they sacrificed themselves for her, it ceased being a choice or option. It became her duty, responsibility to shoulder not to waste the lives that died for her. Now she must live at all costs, not for her but for the ones who died for her. Living on is harder than giving in to impulsive emotions and then die after for sweet release.
@@kyiwintun8797 do you know what happened to that little girl? Did W let her run away?
@@Ha_Anh9999 It's implied in video she turned back for her papa, witnessed his death and picked his dagger to try to avenge him consumed by sorrow just for W to end her life as well. All the trouble the whole gang went through poof. Well her sarkaz blood talking I guess.
@@kyiwintun8797 i know, i just want to ask if you know what happened at the end, did W really fight with that little girl, or even kil. Her
Honestly they should release a movie about some side stories (Lone Trail for example) in this exact style.
not side stories but Intermezzi
side stories are more filler-like
Under Tides/Stultifera Navis would be cool too as a movie
@@yuomovaeh3028 You are right
The jump cuts between Theresa lovingly taking care of Amiya, and W all alone on her brutal campaign of revenge, gives me such goosebumps.
darknights memoirs was the first intermezzi featuring W, and after 4 years we've come full circle. i finally noticed the love of the writers and production team for her. absolutely no hate to that, i hope u make theresis explode, wisadel!
We will be there for Theresis downfall!
Its about fucking time they posted one of the peak animations from cn truly cinema
Truly HG’s golden child
"I can't remember... what we last talked about.
It definitely wasn't a goodbye."
One of most beautifully crafted animtion and emotionally narrative that Hypergryph ever created. Props to writer, production, and sound design team
- see the child in 13:55
- suddenly remember something in Rewinding Breeze - Recollection
- the precise dialog went like this :
Mudrock : ...Do me a favor.
Leithanian Infected : What are...? Are these someone's bones? Sarkaz remains?
Sarkaz Warrior : They were small... Probably a child.
Sarkaz Warrior : Here. It's a broken knife. Rusted. This child might've died in battle.
Leithanian Infected : ......
Mudrock : Mm... help me bury them, at least.
Leithanian Infected : You could use your Arts to...
Mudrock : I want... to do it with my own hands.
Mudrock : So lend yours too.
Leithanian Infected : Ah. Okay...
- I hope she's NOT the same child
The theory source was from Facebook's user name Doremy, he post his theory in "Re:Arknights Indonesia" group in Facebook
Oh dear gosh no..
. . . Wiš'adel's a child murderer confirmed
The first 3D animation PV equivalent to the Near Light Event Teaser.
It has a good story, good osts, military knife fights, and summarizes the world of Arknights.
Like the Nearlight PV, it has a good story, a good osts , sword and archery martial art, and describes the world of Arknights.
Sarkaz is about revenge.
Kazimier about discrimination.
It was a pleasure watching these two masterpieces.
god damn how is it possible to keep upping yourself with such incredible consistency. this is ABSOLUTE CINEMA. srsly arknights is incredibly fun but I feel like your potential at storytelling is so much more than a TD gatcha game.
this pairs so well with chapter 14 and the babel event.
hope this incredible streak continues with future content.
Most people thinks W was gonna kill that girl off lol but I interprete her scoff at the end in 2 ways:
First is, she saw herself in that girl holding the knife as W had taken a life from an early age.
Second is, we all know the meaning of inheriting a dagger from the fallen; to carry on their name and legacy. But in this case, it shows us that none of the Sarkaz can escape from the cycle of hatred and violence.
Yeah, i really doubt W kill that girl.
At most she just gonna knock her out and left her on a nearby town
I wish they released the soundtrack of this animation. Especially the middle part when W draws the flower.
oh wow this is my first time seeing blood being show explicitly in arknights
since ch 5 blood was shown explicitly. They just don't do it often
@virgondust5562 didnt notice, but this time im like "woah" haha
we have seen several very bloody CG in AK, and it doesnt stop there, we have a beheaded head aswell in one event
"The Theresis Slash"
Ermm, have you played Hortus de Escapismo event?
I'm still pretty sad about Arknights not releasing this animation's OST.
It's a shame. I wanted to hear more of 6:29
Gives me Made In Abyss vibes
@@Skeke That!!
That is why I love this ost specifically. Music with vocals like that just itches a nice part in my brain.
And that's also why Under Tides hit me more mentally than any other OST
'lost kid' by the either
The Babel event really gives it alot more context.
The treatment of W is insane
13:43 最も"アークナイツ"らしい瞬間
HYPERGRYPH! RELEASE THAT ORCHESTRAL VERSION OF ARSONIST, AND MY LIFE IS YOURS!
Like many trailers in the past... they won't..
@schwarzalpha it's okay to dream, alright? 😔
They're saving it for Ambience Synesthesia 2025.
I hope 🙏
To allow the fires of vengeance burn, is to alight everything Theresa stood for.
But any warmth, is better than the cold embrace, I suppose.
3:11 what a cut lmao legit got scared 😂
Every aspect in this animation is pure "PERFECTION"🔥
I finally watched the CN livestream's video first before coming straight here after 6 months and man do these 15 minutes hit HARD. Her memories messing with her mind and her frustrations of why and how she lost her light out of her eternal darkness as a mercenary, as well as the mere fact she couldn't draw a flower anymore. And after reading Babel there is only one who is at fault for her death Wis'adel's emotions and understanding how she lost a mother are amplified so many times more!
I've been saying it for 4 years now but Arknights since Chapter 5-6 onwards is and always remains at the peak of gacha games and story-writing for me. I can't wait for Endfield, here's to another 10 years Arknights~
and the girl inherits the dagger, peak directing
This is like Hanz Zimmerman level OST. Actually insane.
This animation is insane.
I've never played Arknights before and have no idea what's going on here but these graphics and music look really good honestly.
Just in case
This animation's graphics are not in-game
It's a 2d tower defense game
I got into Arknights as a joke a week ago, but I have no regrets anymore. Everything is beautiful… the lore, characters, animations and art.
Simply perfect.
HG continuously delivers! It gave me the shivers and in a good way!
That was pretty cool! Loved they didn't shy away with the blood, it really nails the darker atmosphere. Hope we see more in future animations (where relevant of course)
Bruh this music is peak I need it in a playlist form
Still can't believe it's been 4 years since we got her as a playabel op, now look how far she's gone as Wis'adel in the story man..
HOLY FROSTNOVA IN HEAVEN this is the most badass animation i have ever seen
This animation is one of the bests i've seen,W fighting,amiya and theresa,the theme music,Nice work HG!!
I've been waiting for this to be posted for so long! I love this animation
Lowlight is cooking once again
Wisadel really saw Theresa as a sort of parent figure, she's even juxtaposed with Amiya alot of times, she sees herself in Amiya.
the way the white flowers symbolized their innocence and Theresa's vision contrasts all the violence in this one.
the scenery, music direction the fight scenes are just all too good, 100/10 animation, they deserve some sort of international award for this.
RIP to the caster Sarkaz dad, his daughter didn't deserve this, Wisadel was such a villain in that scene
It was implied that his daughter survived and went on to become a merc. It drew the parallel with when W picked up the old W's dagger and got her new name: W, took on W's mantle and became the new owner of the dagger. According to the old ways, when you pick up a fallen merc's weapons, you take their place.
(...that was a lot of W's)
Stop being soft heart to enemy, daughter can grow up to find revenge and cause a lot of damage in the future, more blood spill. So it has to end her before she will cause in the future when she grew up.
Dont know why W hunt them are they involved in theresa's dead?
@@animelife1531 "she can grow up and try to revenge her father" is not even a reason for W to kill that girl.
I bet she would find it more thrilling to let her try.
@@MudMud-ui9mfIf i understand right, W is hunting down EVERYONE involved in Theresa’s death.
Insane attention to details in the video, like 11:13 when the mercenary was falling down he was about to give up on life, they all feel guilty for betraying their 'king' but they did it because they thought it would end the civil war... that is until Wis'adel mentioned his daughter, he pushed for more until the infection won at 12:45... It's so sad seeing Wis'adel also using her arts without a 'tool' meaning she doesn't care about the infection spreading for herself anymore, she was on a suicidal mission to avenge Theresa...
Anyone has any idea who is that old man walking with a cane? I tried looking it up but got nothing... also one of the things confusing me happened early in the game, when W met Amiya for the first time they both didn't know each other? Did they never meet? What are these memories of Theresa patting Amiya then? I'm not sure how much they retconned but this animation turned out a masterpiece.
I feel so honored to be funding masterpieces like this and the anime.
This one the best animation that HG ever done. I hope they can do for Lone Trail animation as well like this. I as player will try my best to support the game so they can make this animation in the future 🤗
This is truly a *masterpiece* .
I watched it first 6 months ago and it blew my mind. The animation, combat and W's single-minded pursuit of revenge creating another like her. Its the best animation the released so far.
I do wish they showed more of Theresa and W interacting rather than Theresa nurturing Amiya
woah 15 minutes of gorgeous animation. this is awesome
7 Palabras: E S E N C I A
Fuera de bromas, este es de los pocos estudios de juegos, tanto Yostar como Hypergryph han estado haciendo un gran trabajo y solo han mejoran con los años.
P.D.: Espero con ansias la salida de Endfield
Yostar es el operador, Hypergryph es el creador.
Hell hath no fury then a demon who lost her King.
It's finaly hereeeeee !!!!
I was waiting for so looong to see this animation !
This is beautifully made
This is proof of where the money spent on Gacha goes. This masterpiece.
World needs to see this masterpiece
13:55 "you take their weapon, you will use their codename"
poor child gets killed by wishladle
If only they had the budget to make an anime with this quality... Even just movies...
they have,but they won't.
Different studio
This is such a W for a W animation, this is one of the coolest animation that I've ever seen
The best animation ever made by hypergryph is finally here !
The soundtrack from 06:29 onwards surely gives me Kevin Penkins vibes...but I couldn't quite find the credits for this.....can anyone check and verify this?
can't stop getting goosebumps
even if he defeat W with that amount of rock cancer growing pulverizing his organ, his time was already up.
I'd love to get the ost from this for background ambience while I'm working. It's so interesting.
Imagine the Anime with this kind of quality animation ...
Someone plz tell me how the heck does W arts work cuz it seems like she just detonate any object within her radius 💀
Also she seems to have some blast resistance from her own blasts or any blast in general cuz if we’re being real here and no magic bs
She should be in pieces by now cuz of the amount of time she just crazy shizz like this 10:13
Rocks are naturally infused with Originium, therefore even pebbles can become catalysts for Originium arts. Most terrans use wands/staffs cuz it's more effective but casting arts without one is hard, and even harder to create potent explosions like shown in the animation
As for her durability overall, she's a Sarkaz, they are built to tank arts as much as they can dish out. Remember the Sarkaz Grudgebearers use the crystals growing within their bodies to complete their mission
@@Siverron Ok makes now thx ☺️
Pretty cool to see her arts in action
Я сижу реву, это шедевр! 😭😭😭
Ah, so that's where the explosives come from...
Bro i can't decide HG is music company or animation studio right now😂
Yostar, hypergryph, just tell us honestly: how much we need to donate to see the whole arknights anime like this?
I think i prefeer this style over the anime, this is just marvelous.....
"Found you"
now i have an excuse to rewatch this another 10 times
I don't think she killed her given how much we know about her.
First one, but still watching 5th time in a year.
I think it's left to interpretation by the viewer. I don't even think the writers of this short made a definitive answer to whether she did or didn't. Which I love because we can make arguments for either possibility. Just great writing overall with very little spoken dialogue.
According to the Sarkaz old ways, when you pick up a fallen merc's weapons, you take their place. It drew parallels with when W picked up the old W's dagger. It's why the video is called "The Daggers' Inheritors"
@@afgnnzw True. I believe she didn't because she didn't in Darknight Memoir too.
@@Pramit2000 I think she die, she choose to pick the dagger instead running away. Also this is W before meeting hoader and ines again so the chance for her to let it go for fun is abyssmall.
@@Lainheart-84945 Can't say this didn't cross my mind. I hope she live though
Friggin brings me to tears, man.
We love you Arknights
For the Glory of Wis'adel.
PLEASE Hypergryph upload these ost's somwhere, they are really good!
This is amazing!
My favorite 3D Animation of our favorite mercenary girl!
This is how CG Anime should be made
*FINALLY!* THE OFFICIAL!
ABSOLUTE CINEMA, i got goosebumps when the beat dropped on W
Who gave them the right to make something so beautiful
Which is the soundtrack that happen before the fight? The one where W is trying to draw a flower.
THIS IS ARKNIGHTS!
Oh they finally uploaded it I watched it many months ago
PEAK CINEMA
W’s backstory 🔥🔥
Gave me goosebumps